Many of the differences between solid wood and laminate wood fall away once you plug in a ukulele to an amplifier or pa system.
Martin laminate ukulele.
And the reason it may seem familiar is that this is a soprano ukulele made from hpl high pressure laminate.
This instrument s soprano size top back and sides are constructed from hawaiian koa pattern high pressure laminate hpl.
And well respected brands like kala lanikai and ohana all make very popular ukuleles from laminate wood.
Martin ukuleles have been the world s finest since 1916 and they have long been prized for their full bodied voice and great volume.
The 0xk uke was the first ukulele model offered as part of martin s popular x series.
Thickness is at most 2 25 inches.
Width at the widest part is about 6 3 inches.
Laminates are actually used by terrific guitar makers such as taylor and martin who use professional instrument grade laminate which really is rather sublime.
Find out more about owning a martin ukulele.
Sadly you don t see it much on ukuleles as manufacturers tend to revert to cheap plywood at the lower end but on models such as the kiwaya ks5 and the kiwaya ksu 1 you will see what.
The sound is tremendously better than cheaper laminate ukuleles.
Total length is a standard 21 inches.
In fact some higher end ukuleles like the martin x series use laminate wood.